Mary Linskill

Mary Linskill (13 December 1840 – 9 April 1891) was an English novelist, short-story writer and poet. She became especially popular in her native Yorkshire, whose landscape and scenery became a hallmark of her work.

Career Mary Linskill moved with her mother into a small cottage near Newholme village. There she crafted many of her literary pieces. She went on to work in places such as Manchester and Newcastle, and later became qualified to become a schoolteacher in Hawksworth. She then served as a governess in Derby.

Death Linskill died on 9 April 1891 at the age of 50, at her Spring Vale home in Whitby. A monument in her honour stands in the parish churchyard and her remains are buried in Whitby Cemetery.

Selected works Novels Tales of North Riding, 1871. Bibliolife. The Haven Under the Hill, 1886. RareBooksClub.com. Cleveden, 1892. Caedmon of Whitby. In Exchange for a Soul, 1887. Nabu Press.

Short stories Raith Wyke, 1874 Carl Forrest's Faith, 1883 The Magic Flute, 1884 A Lost Son, 1885 The Glover's Daughter, 1885 A Garden of Seven Lilies, 1886 Hagar: A North Yorkshire Pastoral, 1887 Robert Holt's Illusion, 1888